Hoboken, NJ
Dates:
Various
Deadline:
passed
For millions of years, nature has shaped life on our planet by generating incredibly diverse genetic codes and specific information encoded in each species’ genomes. CRISPR/Cas9 - short for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats and CRISPR-associated protein 9 - is the latest emerging revolutionizing gene-editing technology. It also has the potential to transform medicine, allowing it to correct genetically inherited defects that result in diseases such as sickle cell, hemophilia, and muscular dystrophy and develop more effective cancer treatments. In this program, students will learn how CRISPR works and use it for editing a gene in E. coli bacteria. Discussions will center on CRISPR-based applications and the ethics of using this dynamic tool. Modules may include virtual reality for gene editing, bioinformatics to design target sequences and the modeling of the CRISPR system.
Hoboken, NJ
Jun 25 - Jul 1
Jul 9 - Jul 15
Application Deadline
Mar 1
Application Deadline (Financial Aid)
Mar 1
For millions of years, nature has shaped life on our planet by generating incredibly diverse genetic codes and specific information encoded in each species’ genomes. CRISPR/Cas9 - short for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats and CRISPR-associated protein 9 - is the latest emerging revolutionizing gene-editing technology. It also has the potential to transform medicine, allowing it to correct genetically inherited defects that result in diseases such as sickle cell, hemophilia, and muscular dystrophy and develop more effective cancer treatments. In this program, students will learn how CRISPR works and use it for editing a gene in E. coli bacteria. Discussions will center on CRISPR-based applications and the ethics of using this dynamic tool. Modules may include virtual reality for gene editing, bioinformatics to design target sequences and the modeling of the CRISPR system.
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My son said it was easy to make friends with the counselors, other students and it was a great way to get a feel for the campus, classes, Hoboken and the surrounding area. He really liked the intros to all of the different engineering disciplines and he also gained a lot of insight into their Business and Management programs (QF especially) which he hadn’t really considered prior to this program. The Babbio Center is exceptional …and the views are out of this world! (My son said that view is a HUGE incentive for students if their goal is to one day earn a lot of money in a satisfying career in NYC!) He walked away with a solid understanding of expectations and what it takes to succeed at Stevens.